Thursday, December 25, 2014

The final
Li Ch’utam project of this year, which has been occupying us during this month,
has been the process of finding recipients for the Li Ch’utam scholarships in
2015.

We began in
early December with a meeting where all the parents of kids who are
studying or about to begin studying were invited. At the meeting we talked about who
could apply, how to apply, discussed different questions the parents had and
finally handed out the application questionnaires. The following week we received
no less than seventeen applications – a very positive development, showing that
the number of kids studying beyond primary school is increasing.

Afterwards we visited the families of each applicant to have a talk about their
financial situation and to confirm that all had the support of their parents in
continuing their studies, and were received very well by all the families.

Visiting the house of one of the scholarship recipients.

Finally,
yesterday morning (24th) we once again visited all the families –
accompanied by Henning who is visiting for Christmas, to give the good news,
that 15 of the applicants will receive the Li Ch’utam scholarship in 2015.

Delivering the good news to another family

We (Kinga,
Miguel and Nicoline) afterwards spend a great Christmas Eve in the house of one
of the scholarship recipients, with him and his family, and will now take off
for a short Christmas vacation to return with renewed energy in January for the
new school year.